Opinion
NY Museum Attendance & Twitter Followers
@MuseumNerd, that anonymous art personality on Twitter, has blogged an interesting graphic that lists the attendance to New York museums, their Twitter following, and how they measure up.
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Art
Port Authority's Human Side in a 24 Hour Performance
When I caught performance artist Man Bartlett around 4:30 pm EST yesterday, he had been in New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal for 23 and a half hours straight. Beginning on Wednesday, May 25 at 5 pm and continuing through 5 pm on May 26, the “#24hPort” performance saw the artist occupy both
Opinion
A Rainy Kind of Architecture Photography
You know what the weather's been like in NYC this week: clouds, rain, more clouds, more rain. Sucks, but photographer and writer Madeleine DiGangi finds inspiration in the wet weather. Her photos show the flip side of urban architecture — buildings reflected in the city's puddles pooling on streets
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Surviving AIDS
The most visceral pieces in Brooklyn-based artist and activist Hunter Reynolds’ solo show Survival AIDS at Lower East Side nonprofit art space Participant Inc. are not, as one might expect, the blood splattered newspaper clippings screaming ominous headlines posted on the walls of the gallery. Rathe
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Ai Weiwei's Portrait Projected on NYC Chinese Consulate
On this past Friday May 20, Cuban artist Geandy Pavon did a guerrilla projection protest for Ai Weiwei. In this work, called “Nemesis Ai Weiwei: The Elusiveness of Being”, Pavon projected Ai's face onto the blank street-side facade of the New York City Chinese Consulate. Click through for video docu
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NYC's Seaport Museum Will Stay Afloat With New Board, Land Sale
Though it faces a budget crisis and problems with a misdirected leadership, New York City's South Street Seaport Museum will remain intact and its working tall ships will stay moored in New York City Harbor rather than sent away for storage. Under a new plan, the museum's president and board of dire
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Ai Weiwei's Public Art Installation Delayed in New York
Today's official NYC opening of #Ai [http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Ai] Weiwei's sculptural exhibition, #ZodiacHeads [http://twitter.com/search?q=%23ZodiacHeads], has been delayed. Stay tuned for further details.less than a minute ago [http://twitter.com/#!/zodiacheads/status/65037975783878656] via
Opinion
William Powhida Opines About New York Art Critics
For tonight's Triangle Arts Association benefit at Beacon restaurant in midtown Manhattan, artist William Powhida submitted this wry drawing of his thoughts about some of the city's art critics.
Opinion
Warhol Goes App-y
Word is that the Warhol Museum is releasing a new Warhol app (iPhone only for way) that allows users to transform photos into silkscreens that create their own versions of art that resemble the Pop master. But you don't have to wait for the official version since there are many unofficial ones alrea
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New York OKs Major New Skyscraper
New York City Coucil has voted to allow Vornado Realty Trust from proceeding with a 1,216-foot skyscraper adjacent to Penn Station, and since this is New York not everyone is happy.
Opinion
“Welcome to the New York art world in 2010…”
I love this line in Leon Nefayk’s latest article in the New York Observer, “Don't Call It An Art Fair!” Welcome to the New York art world in 2010, where it’s never about the money, even when it is. How very true … and there’s more …
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Just Say No: Santiago Sierra Takes Manhattan
What happens when in the name of art you ride through Manhattan in a truck hauling ginormous letters that spell the word NO? Lyra finds out.